Introducing Gardening to Our Homeschool

Having a place to have a vegetable garden was top priority when we were house hunting. In fact it was the only request from my two daughters. We just been waiting for the time to come for introducing gardening in our homeschool. They were excited and made some requests for what to grow. The requested things to grow list keeps growing: tomatoes, cucumbers, broccoli, and the latest, cauliflower.

Introducing Gardening in Our Homeschool

When we put in our order, we ended up with over a hundred dollars in seeds ordered. But by no means were we going to be planting each and every seeds ordered in one season, nd not just one variety of each, like tomatoes – we have three varieties ordered (tiny ones, ones for salsa, and big juicy ones for sandwiches and salads).

Seeds we ordered:

Tomatoes

cucumbers

carrots

peas and beans

broccoli

leek

cauliflower

onions

peppers, and more.

We ordered a few fun things for the kids – purple carrots, sugar tomatoes (small, perfect for snacking) and cucamelons.

We gave Austin the choice of what kind of cauliflower to order – white (regular), graffiti (purple), or cheddar (orange). She went with white. Why let her choose the type we ordered? Because it makes growing it that much more special for her.

How to Include your Kids in Gardening:

We have included them in every step so, and they’ll be helping with the planting, because kids have small fingers for small seeds and small weeds. Joking! They’ll be helping too.

We want them to eat everything we grow. They are already great vegetables eaters, a little picky but they eat most of them, like sit down and eat a package of grape tomatoes between the three of them in a sitting.

Tips for including your kids in gardening:

kid sized tools – shovels, spades, watering cans

let them pick something out to grow

let them help plant/weed

let them harvest – and eat!

How to Get Started

Start simple with planting your seeds and letting your kids help with planning where and how to space them. This makes a great science lesson in learning how much room plants need to grow and how much sunlight they also need.

Talk about how much water and sunlight they need to grow and when the best time to water plants is, hint, not in the middle of the afternoon.

How do you know when you can start to harvest and eat your vegetables? Your seed/plant packages should be able to give you and your children that information.

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